Former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley said he alerted staff members in U.S. Sen. George LeMieux's office about the Saturday incident. He is asking whether they could help the girl, who was temporarily placed in Boys Town in Miami.

"There is no question the child should not spend another day in the custody of Boys Town," Foley said Wednesday. "It's just going to take someone looking at this case and signing off on it."

Mishna Prezille, who was flown from an orphanage outside Port-au-Prince on a private plane, was supposed to be placed in the care of Stephen Badolato, a doctor from Melbourne.

A doctor in Michigan performed surgery last year on Mishna, who was born with clubfeet, and she was traveling to Florida for follow-up care, Badolato said.

He said Mishna's medical visa, which was used when she traveled to the United States last year, had not expired, but that immigration officials said it was valid for only one trip.

"I'm just trying to get this little girl to my house so we can begin treatment," Badolato said.

Badolato said he knows of several families who would like to adopt Mishna.